ACTUAL COSTS AFFILIATES COMPETITIVENESS COST OF CAPITAL CURRENT EXPENDITURES DEFICITS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT FIXED COSTS GDP GDP DEFLATOR GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE IMPORTS INCOME INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INVENTORIES INVENTORY INVENTORY MODELS MARGINAL COST OPTIMIZATION PRODUCTION COSTS